topic Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large in Deductions & credits

Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

tparma — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:38:03 GMT

I have itemized deductions. Contributions are significantly less than my AGI. But I'm still getting the error that the cash contributions are too large. No single contribution was larger than $250.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

tparma — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:28:28 GMT

To clarify, I had deleted the $300 standard deduction and the contributions are approximately 5% of my AGI. Message still appears.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

Cynthiad66 — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 23:41:33 GMT

Please ensure that you entered the cash contribution while claiming the Standard Deduction not under the Itemized Deduction.

Please follow these steps to enter the charitable cash contribution for 10b :

Login to your TurboTax Account
Click "Federal" from the left side of your screen
Click “Deductions &Credits” on the top
Scroll all the way down and click the "Wrap up tax breaks" button
Continue until the "Charitable Cash Contributions under Cares Act" screen
Enter your charitable cash contributions.

For this year, even if you don’t itemize, you may take a charitable deduction of up to $300 for cash contributions made in 2020 to qualified organizations.

You're not allowed to deduct cash or property given directly to another person, family, or group that isn't a qualified organization.

[edited 2/8/21 | 3:41 pst]

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

tparma — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 23:10:02 GMT

Cynthia, thank you for the response, but it doesn't answer my question.

I am using TurboTax Deluxe 2020 on a Mac and just updated it. I have entered all of my information and qualify for itemized deductions. Line 10b on my 1040 is blank. The entry on Line 12 of the 1040 is just over $36K. My Schedule A Line 11 shows $15K+ and Line 12 shows $1K.

When I run the error check, I still get the message, "Check This Entry - 1040/1040SR Wks: Cash Charitable is too large. Cash Charitable = 15,255." I don't understand why it's giving me this message.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

DaveF1006 — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 23:28:17 GMT

What is your income on Line 11 of your 1040?

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

tparma — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 23:32:22 GMT

Dave, the amount on Line 11 of my 1040 is over $350,000.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

ReneeM7122 — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:53:11 GMT

This is a known software issue. The workaround is to delete the $300 in the error check. Then go back to Deductions & Credits and enter the contribution there, in the Donations to Charity topic. Then click Done with Donations and proceed through the screens until you get to the screen that tells you that TurboTax has added in the contribution.

The contribution will be back on Form 1040 line 10b, but it won't be flagged as an error. It only gets flagged if you enter it when prompted after you finish Deductions & Credits and the software tells you that you are getting the standard deduction. It will not get flagged if you enter it in Donations to Charity.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

tparma — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:15:12 GMT

I don't have $300 in the error check. I have itemized deductions.

My AGI is over $300K
My cash deductions are $15K
I don't have an entry on 1040 line 10b; it is blank
Schedule A line 11 is $15K
Schedule A line 12 is $1K
Schedule A line 17 if $36K

I'm still getting the error that my cash deductions are too large.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

ReneeM7122 — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:23:13 GMT

Please try these steps:

Click Deductions and Credits
Select Review/Edit
Click Edit to the right of Standard Deduction
Click OK, Sounds Good
Click Wrap Up Tax Breaks
Click Continue
Make sure that $300 is filled in and then click Continue
Click Lets Keep Going

If the error persists, then go through the next work around.

Here is the second work around for claiming the Charity Deduction:

In TurboTax select Federal in the panel on the left
Select Deductions & Credits at the top of the page
Under Your Tax Breaks - Charitable Donations
Click START to the right of Donations to Charity in 2020
Click YES
Click ADD next to Money
Type in the name of the charity that you donated to
Type the amount of the donation
Select Done with Donation
Select Done

Now the deduction should appear on Line 10B and in the Charitable Contributions screen.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

AlejandroCAnup — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:38:31 GMT

I had three individual charities listed in the charities section, however I was receiving an error that i needed to "review" when i tried to efile. When I consolidated the charities from 3 into 1 entry, the error went away and I was able to complete my e-filing. I just put the name of all three charities in the entry, and the combined amount.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

halooie1 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:22:42 GMT

Thank you@ReneeM7122, this worked for me. How canTurboTax leaving this known bug in their software?

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

upsetclient — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:09:53 GMT

Same thing happened to me...I was unable to proceed with e-filing because of the glitch, so I had to enter ZERO, which changed my refund amount. thanks Turbo Tax!!!

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

upsetclient — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:10:47 GMT

This did not work for me, I had to enter ZERO so I could proceed with e-filing my taxes.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

upsetclient — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:13:44 GMT

I went this route and it still did not work. I entered ZERO just so I could proceed with e-filing and submit my taxes. By doing so, my refund was reduced by $40, which is a big deal to me!!!

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

halooie1 — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:21:39 GMT

So sorry to hear that, @upsetclient. Maybe I should have been clearer. I had enumerate my charitable contributions. I found no way to get the credit without doing so, although there should be a way to do that.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

kaukabhishek — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 04:36:30 GMT

Looks like once you enter a non-zero value, you cannot revert it back to any other value.

I constantly get this error which I cannot make it go away.

Turbotax, please fix this ASAP. Otherwise, you will lose me.

Thanks.

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

ReneeM7122 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:39:18 GMT

The workaround is to delete the non-zero value in the error check. Then go back to Deductions & Credits and enter the zero there, in the Donations to Charity topic. Then click Done with Donations.

The contribution will not appear on Form 1040 line 10b. The error you saw should only get flagged if you enter it when prompted after you finish Deductions & Credits and the software tells you that you are getting the standard deduction. It should not get flagged if you enter it in Donations to Charity.

@kaukabhishek

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

lindasue-net — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 14:02:12 GMT

After trying every possibility and google search, this is what finally worked for me:

There are a few work arounds for when this happens. This was a known error and now has been corrected. But sometimes the first set of steps still does not work.

Click Deductions and Credits
Select Review/Edit
Click Edit to the right of Standard Deduction
Click OK, Sounds Good
Click Wrap Up Tax Breaks
Click Continue
Make sure that $300 is filled in and then click Continue
Click Lets Keep Going

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

tremartindale — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:45:45 GMT

Very helpful! The second set of instructions worked. Thanks

Re: Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large

Jojoclick — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 23:48:27 GMT

No matter what I do I still get the "Charitable Cash Contribution Too Large" error. I went under "Deductions and Credits" but could not find the "Review/edit" to click on. When I click on just "review" or "federal review" I keep getting the same error. PLEASE TT...fix this. It's really annoying. None of the work arounds worked for me.